It was the lure of the 'you can get 2 more plants in your order for the same shipping' statement. It got me the Mangave 'Inca Warrior' and the A. schottii.
As PDN prices go it was not that expensive and I figured it would fit in well with AZ Agaves and Cacti section of the xeric bed in the community garden I volunteer at, but if indeed the malady it has is from shipping, I would not be surprised by it. Not hard to imagine how an AZ Agave would not like to be sitting in the dark for 3 days in wet soil...
Soon I will be able to start planting in the community garden's xeric bed... we are in the final stages of amending and contouring the soil and have replaced the main irrigation lines, so come October the first plants will go in the ground, around that time I am sure I will end up posting a list of plants I am looking for...
The idea is to get signage with QR codes to link to a website with more info about the plants and other links (to Agaveville for example) with plant info. Many plans....
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Re: Plant Delights Nursery order
I have tons of schottii. My advice is to keep it potted until the container is full of offsets, then stick the whole bunch in the ground directly in front of a rock. Here is one of my clumps planted out just so.
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I figured you would!
As part of the contouring I have a horseshoe shade area of big rocks that will have a low area in its center and soil almost going to the top of the rocks on the outside. This in attempt to create an area with some crevices that may be conducive to growing certain plants also hope to put some random rocks here and there, but for now we are out of big rocks - may have to go find some along some jeep trail
I have left one plant in the bed a Catsclaw Acacia - decided it was already too big too remove and with a little more growth it will actually already be a decent shade tree. Tall enough already to not constantly run into and get stuck in the thorns... catsclaw is a very apt name... It does mean I have to find another shade tree as this one is not centered on the bed.
Here is what the bed looks like now: Here is what it looked like in December when I decided to take it on:
As part of the contouring I have a horseshoe shade area of big rocks that will have a low area in its center and soil almost going to the top of the rocks on the outside. This in attempt to create an area with some crevices that may be conducive to growing certain plants also hope to put some random rocks here and there, but for now we are out of big rocks - may have to go find some along some jeep trail
I have left one plant in the bed a Catsclaw Acacia - decided it was already too big too remove and with a little more growth it will actually already be a decent shade tree. Tall enough already to not constantly run into and get stuck in the thorns... catsclaw is a very apt name... It does mean I have to find another shade tree as this one is not centered on the bed.
Here is what the bed looks like now: Here is what it looked like in December when I decided to take it on:
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Its just what I have read. Doesnt matter either way.Gee.S wrote:It is definitely not.KLC wrote:I may be completely mistaken on this, but isn't it against Dept. of Agriculture regulations and state laws to ship soil?
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I am often tempted to order from PDN.
Unfortunately for UK shipping the minimum order is £200 which is fine, also a £100 per order plus £5 per plant, plus shipping, which is again ok.
However my problem is that only a few of the plants I would like are available, often many are out of stock and when they come back in stock others I would like are out of stock!
Such a shame.... I would happily pay the costs if I could get all the plants I wanted
Unfortunately for UK shipping the minimum order is £200 which is fine, also a £100 per order plus £5 per plant, plus shipping, which is again ok.
However my problem is that only a few of the plants I would like are available, often many are out of stock and when they come back in stock others I would like are out of stock!
Such a shame.... I would happily pay the costs if I could get all the plants I wanted
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It's been under a year's time, but due to highly interesting offerings, I have just received a new Plant Delights order. It appears they have perfected (improved at least) their process regarding shipping plants in pots. For the record, I am not a fan of shipping plants in pots, for a couple of very good reasons, but I have to say they have improved their methods of securing the plants so that shifting is not possible (or at least not likely). During delivery, I saw my package turned upside down, and sideways. The plants inside were secure, and completely undamaged. If I were to be critical of anything, it is the fact that they still send the plants recently watered, and the pot to the base of the plant covered with a plastic bag and secured with rubber bands. Because we are having cool weather, this was not an issue in this case with no real opportunity for fungal activity to take hold. This is the absolute best shipment of plants I've ever received from PDN; perfect plants and no damage whatsoever. Very happy customer!!!
Here's a shot of their packaging method: The plants are secured in half-boxes that are in turn a perfect fit facing each other within the outer shipping box. Plants are secured at the bottom, ensuring no movement and subsequent damage.
And my plants:
This plant here is why I ordered anything. It's a beauty as it matures, and I had to have it! Apparently, based on my understanding of the description of it on their website, it is a naturally occurring hybrid between ovatifolia and parrasana, and a selected seedling from wild collected seed from Northern Mexico. They're calling it A. x ovatisana 'Sea Star'. They had it previously offered and quickly sold out. A new release date was delayed, and when I was notified (wish list) of it's availability, I immediately ordered two. It again sold out within a day or two and more are slated to be available again in the future. Clearly, a very popular offering. To make shipping more worthwhile, I also ordered two new to me Mangave.
'Catch A Wave' 'Desert Dragon' Plants got a quick but thorough application of Avid (because I do that with all new arrivals), and are set aside for a time before they'll be joining my main collection. For the record, they are very healthy looking plants in very good condition. They've all got growing to do to more closely resemble their posted catalog images, but I'm very much looking forward to them growing and looking more and more beautiful as they approach their advertised potential. Great plants!
Here's a shot of their packaging method: The plants are secured in half-boxes that are in turn a perfect fit facing each other within the outer shipping box. Plants are secured at the bottom, ensuring no movement and subsequent damage.
And my plants:
This plant here is why I ordered anything. It's a beauty as it matures, and I had to have it! Apparently, based on my understanding of the description of it on their website, it is a naturally occurring hybrid between ovatifolia and parrasana, and a selected seedling from wild collected seed from Northern Mexico. They're calling it A. x ovatisana 'Sea Star'. They had it previously offered and quickly sold out. A new release date was delayed, and when I was notified (wish list) of it's availability, I immediately ordered two. It again sold out within a day or two and more are slated to be available again in the future. Clearly, a very popular offering. To make shipping more worthwhile, I also ordered two new to me Mangave.
'Catch A Wave' 'Desert Dragon' Plants got a quick but thorough application of Avid (because I do that with all new arrivals), and are set aside for a time before they'll be joining my main collection. For the record, they are very healthy looking plants in very good condition. They've all got growing to do to more closely resemble their posted catalog images, but I'm very much looking forward to them growing and looking more and more beautiful as they approach their advertised potential. Great plants!
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Hello, does anyone have photos of how their bluebell giant or “Bellville “developed ? I recently purchased both, the bluebell giant was surprisingly large out of the box.
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Those are great looking plants. Mangave is huge! Never got a chance to make any of the open house days this year...